How Not to Kill Your Houseplant

Survival tips for the horticulturally challengedHow Not to Kill Your Houseplant is your guide to every stage of plant parenting for beginners, from identifying exactly what's in the pot, to helping it flourish and grow.If you wonder what the crispy bits at the leaf edges are, why the stalks are looking spindly, or why your plant looks brown even though you've watered it, How Not to Kill Your Houseplant will explain - and fix - your horticultural woes. Understand how much light, water, heat, and humidity your plant needs with quick tips on what your houseplant does and doesn't like.Learn to spot the danger signs and how to rescue an unhealthy plant, and follow easy advice to pick the top plants for your bathroom, cold rooms, desk, and windowsill to create your own indoor oasis.

Veronica Peerless is a trained horticulturalist and garden designer and an experienced writer and editor. She is currently Commissioning Content Editor at Gardens Illustrated, having previously worked as a content producer at and as deputy editor at Which? Gardening. She has contributed to publications including The English Garden, Garden Design Journal and Telegraph Gardening. She was horticultural consultant on The Gardener's Year, also published by DK.

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